Birth Place: Ozone Park, NY, USA
A Grammy, Emmy and Tony award winning artist with 30 sterling years and global record sales in excess of 50 million, Cyndi Lauper has proven that she has the heart and soul to keep her legion of fans compelled by her every creative move. Lauper recently became a New York Times Best Selling author with her autobiography – Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir – published by Simon & Schuster and wrote the original score for the Tony award winning best musical Kinky Boots.
Helping others has always been a guiding force for Cyndi and she focuses her efforts to make a difference through the True Colors Fund. An unwavering advocate for equality long before she became famous, she co-founded the organization in 2008 to bring an end to homelessness among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth and create a world where all young people can be their true selves.
In addition, Cyndi is the Honorary Chairperson and a co- founder of the True Colors Residence, the first project of its kind to provide a permanent, supportive and secure home to formerly homeless LGBT youth in New York City. Cyndi also continues to be a tireless participant in the struggle to end the HIV/AIDS pandemic and ensure that women are treated equally around the world.
For more than 30 years, Cyndi Lauper has been a songwriting provocateur. Her musical achievements are so pervasive that they have become entwined in the cultural landscape.
Cyndi first found acclaim in 1983, co-writing a pair of memorable singles "Time After Time" and "She Bop" for her seminal debut, She’s So Unusual. Spring-boarding off this success, she co-wrote most of her follow-up album, True Colors, including the hit "Change of Heart."
As her craft evolved, so did her nuance for expressing social issues, notably on Hat Full of Stars ("Sally’s Pigeons," "A Part Hate", "Broken Glass") and Sisters of Avalon ("Ballad of Cleo And Joe," "Say A Prayer").
Throughout her career Cyndi has penned tracks with an assortment of her peers including Billy Joel, The Hooters, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Jeff Beck, Junior Vasquex, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Nellie McKay and Max Martin. In 2013, those decades of songwriting culminated in Cyndi’s first foray into Broadway, composing the music for the critically adored Broadway musical Kinky Boots.
The musical won six Tony Awards, including one for her score, which made her the first woman to win solo in that category. The show has gone on to set a box office record. All told, Cyndi’s spirited songwriting has earned her more than 50 million in album sales, two Grammys®, an Emmy, and a Tony.
Cyndi Lauper, SpongeBob SquarePants
Cyndi LauperSpongeBob SquarePants
Cyndi LauperSpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
Cyndi Lauper, Kinky Boots
Cyndi Lauper, Kinky Boots
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It may, well, claim a spot as one of the best albums of the year.
Amas Musical Theatre will celebrate its 55th Anniversary at its annual Gala Benefit Concert on Monday, May 13, 2024 at Baruch Performing Arts Center.
Cyndi Lauper has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows.
Cyndi Lauper has not appeared in the West End.
Cyndi Lauper has been nominated for the following awards: Best Score (BroadwayWorld Awards) for SpongeBob SquarePants, Outstanding New Score (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for SpongeBob SquarePants, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical, Best Score (BroadwayWorld Awards) for Kinky Boots, and Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Kinky Boots.
Cyndi Lauper has won the Best Score award for SpongeBob SquarePants at the BroadwayWorld Awards, the Outstanding New Score award for SpongeBob SquarePants at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, and the Best Score award for Kinky Boots at the BroadwayWorld Awards.
Cyndi Lauper has written 5 shows including Find Me (Composer/Lyricist), Patti LuPone: Matters of the Heart (Composer), Kinky Boots (Composer), The Spongebob Musical (Original Music), Working Girl (Composer).
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